CIVIL ENGINEERING

Introduction:

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment.

History:

It is the oldest engineering discipline after military engineering and it was defined to distinguish non-military engineering from military engineering. Civil engineering is the application of physical and scientific principles and its history is intricately linked to advances in understanding of physics and mathematics throughout history. Because civil engineering is a wide-ranging profession, including several separate specialized subdisciplines, its history is connected to the knowledge of structures, materials science, geography, geology, soils, hydrology, environment, mechanics and other fields.

Production:

Civil engineers design and build tall structures and large buildings such as multi-storey car parks, train stations, bridges, roads, railways, tunnels and even stadiums.

Important Issues:

There is a variety of issues that civil engineers have to face in their working lives.

• Sustainability: Use of sustainable materials, reducing the energy needs of a building through the use of solar panels and low energy lighting, and super insulation are all tools  civil engineers will use to ensure the sustainability of any project they undertake.
• Funding: When infrastructure is properly financed, planned, and prioritized the economic and social benefits always outweigh the initial costs.
• Planning: This is dependent upon securing a planning system which can enable major infrastructure projects fairly efficiently and expertly.

Conclusion:

Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that is not only about creation, design, construction and maintenance, but also about improvement and protection of the environment in which we live.

References:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_engineering

http://www.ice.org.uk/About-civil-engineering